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A celebration of community and all that makes Ronan a unique place to live, brought Ronan residents, along with friends from neighboring and distant cities, together to Bockman Park last week for food, music and games. “It started off as a way to celebrate this beautiful town and great park,” said local YWAM Tribal Waves Director of Operations Timothy Nanai. He added that the initial event was planned as a way to bring people back together after the COVID pandemic’s required social distancing ended. The event has continued every year with an estimated 400-500 people attending this year’s third annual Ronan Celebration. Organized by The Lighthouse, Spirit of ...
By Karen Kallestad, Arlee CDC Communications Director ARLEE — The Arlee Community Development Corporation’s Garden for Life now has a kids’ section and pollinator boxes, thanks to a donation of materials and volunteer labor from South San Francisco-based biotechnology company Genentech...
News from the Port Polson Players POLSON – The Port Polson Players open their 49th season of summer theatre with Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville - A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.” This classic mystery, laced with plenty of comedy, plays July 5-21. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening...
News from the USDA BOZEMAN — At the National Rural Grocer’s Summit today, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA and Reinvestment Fund are launching a new program under the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) to increase access to healthy foods in communities underse...
News from Dana Grant, SAFE Harbor RONAN — It is time for the Annual Sweet Pride in July Picnic in the Park. The event will be on July 13 in the Ronan City Park from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Promoting a safe, inclusive, and healthy community is core to the mission of SAFE Harbor. Over the last decad...
News from MT Dept. of Commerce HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced on June 27 that $8.75 million of grant funding will be distributed to seven pilot communities to increase economic vibrancy and tourism appeal, enhance destination resiliency and diversify tourism-related assets a...
Baptis KillsInTheLodge POLSON — Wendell RedCloud III and Rose RedCloud are excited to announce the arrival of their little brother, Baptis Alexander Francis KillsInTheLodge. Baptis was born June 4, 2024, at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center’s Nesting Place. He was 19.25 inches long and we...
Editor, I appreciated very much the press coverage of the Fort Connah honoring of my cousin/brother Joe McDonald. I regret that was I was unable to attend the honoring as age related health problems precluded me from attending. Joe was a very humble man who rarely spoke, if ever, of his own accompli...
News from CSKT Fish, Wildlife, Recreation & Conservation PABLO — The 2024 Fall Mack Days event will have an earlier start date this fall. We will begin Thursday, Sept. 5, and will end Sunday, Nov. 3. Mack Days events on Flathead Lake are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes...
News from the office of Senator Testor BIG SANDY — As part of his continued efforts to support first responders and keep Montana communities safe, U.S. Senator Jon Tester earlier this month passed his bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act to help local fire departments access funding for training,...
